Capital City Kiwanis
Dec. 18- Dec. 24 Newsletter
Dec. 17 Meeting Recap
Song: Bill Stracener
Pledge: George Simoneaux
Prayer: Joe Culotta
Introductions: Brandt Edwards
Jackpot: Losers - Charles Comeaux and Nataly Ortiz, Winner & Not eligible -
Carl Hancock
Last Week's Speaker - Sidney Longwell and Isaiah Marshall
Sidney Longwell, program director, and Isaiah Marshall, administrative assistant director of the Workforce Investment Board, were the Dec. 17 guest speakers. The Workforce Investment Board is a government funded program designed to help job seekers and employers.
The program offers a variety of resources to help job seekers find work, plan a career and receive training. Employers rely on the program to screen and test applicants, provide training, obtain research and perform out-placement services.
The WIB differs from the Incumbent Worker Training Program which was talked about last week. The WIB helps employees find new employment. The WTP helps employees improve their skills pertaining to their current job position.
Welcome to
Claudia & Anatasia, Carlos & Nataly Ortiz's daughters
Cade Register, Catholic High Advisor
Carol Lynn, Max Constantin's granddaughter
Anne Zaloudek, Circle K member
Member Spotlight - Jeffrey Koonce
Jeffrey Koonce attended Louisiana State University on a music scholarship. He was a two year member of the Tiger Band and a 4 year member of the LSU orchestra. After switching his major, Koonce finished with a degree in accounting. He attended LSU Law and then went to Boston University for his LLM degree. He moved back to Baton Rouge to practice law.
Koonce is currently a Board Certified Tax Attorney with a practice focusing on federal taxation, estate planning, business formations and business transactions. He is a Board Member of the Baton Rouge Chapter of the Society of Louisiana CPAs, Past-President of Capital City Kiwanis and Chairman of the Louisiana State Bar Association Tax Law Advisory Commission. He is also a Certified Public Accountant and a Board Certified Estate Planning and Administration Specialist.
Koonce has served as an adjunct professor of Income Taxation of Corporations and Partnerships at Louisiana State University. He has been a featured speaker on estate and gift matters, business formations and federal income tax issues for university and professional associations throughout Louisiana.
Koonce is married
to Edy and has three children---Eleanor, Anna and Jefferson. He enjoys participating in triathlons. He is currently training for his second marathon, the Houston Marathon on Jan. 18.Announcements
Roundtable meetings will be held Wednesday, Dec. 24th and Wednesday, Dec. 31st at The Great Wall.
No speakers are scheduled but the club will still pay for your meal.No Christmas wonderland will be displayed this year because the club did not receive a call back from the city concerning this issue.
Congratulations
David and Missy Cresson welcomed a new son on Thursday, Dec. 17th. David Anthony Cresson Jr.
weighed 7 lbs 10 oz and measured 21 inches. Both mother and baby are doing well.
Charles Rea celebrated his 45th wedding anniversary on
Dec. 21st.Catholic High's Key Club Officers
The officers of Catholic High's Key Club attended our Dec. 17 meeting. The following officers were
in attendance:
Jeanette Rolfsen)Adam Hensgens, president (with guests Patty & Larry Rushing)
Michael Rolfsen, vice president (with parents Mike &
Scott Orillion, sergeant at arms
Michael Mohr, public relations officer (with mother Lisa Mohr)
Brandon Raborn, secretary
(Brad Anding, treasurer/historian, was unable to attend.)
Change is the only thing permanent in the world.
--John Keats
Newsletter Team
Ben Brown, Editor, riptidebcb@hotmail.com
Mandy Michel, Copy Editor
Aimeé Shultz, Designer